{"product_id":"the-postcolonial-studies-dictionary-isbn-9781118781050","title":"The Postcolonial Studies Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis new \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e features a thoughtfully collated collection of over 150 jargon-free definitions of key terms and concepts in postcolonial theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a brief introduction to postcolonial theory and a list of suggested further reading that includes the texts in which many of these terms originated\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach entry includes the origins of the term, where traceable; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term’s use in literary-cultural texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates terms and concepts from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, literary studies, science, economics, globalization studies, politics, and philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an ideal companion text to the forthcoming \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Studies: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which is also edited by Pramod K. Nayar, a highly-respected authority in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eLits of terms vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDictionary 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerms\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eaboriginal 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eabrogation 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdivasi 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfro-Europe 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eagency 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ealterity 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eambivalence 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eanthropology (colonial) 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eapartheid 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eappropriation 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003earchive (colonial) 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003earithmetic (colonial) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eassimilado \u003c\/i\u003e15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebarbarian\/barbaric 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\u003cp\u003eeroticization 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eessentialism 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eethnicity 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eethnocide 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eethnography (colonial) 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eethnopsychiatry (colonial) 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEurocentrism 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eevangelicalism (colonial) 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eexile 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eexoticism 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eexploitation colony 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eexploration (colonial) 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efeminism (Islamic) 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efetish\/phobia 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003efiliation\/affiliation 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst World 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFourth World 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003egeographical morality 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003egeography 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eglobe 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eglobalization 85\u003c\/p\u003e 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\u003cp\u003ere-orientalism 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003erepresentation (colonial) 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRequerimiento \u003c\/i\u003e134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ereverse colonization 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esecularism\/post-secularism 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esettler colonialism 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esituated knowledge 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eslavery 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003estereotyping 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003estrategic essentialism 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esubaltern 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esubjectivity (of Europeans, colonial period) 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esubjectivity (of natives, colonial period) 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esublime (as colonial aesthetic) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003esyncretism 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eterra incognita \u003c\/i\u003e152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eterra nullius \u003c\/i\u003e153\u003c\/p\u003e 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It also has the unique feature of being affordable for students who would like their own copy or for faculty that wish to recommend it for a Languages and literature Reference Reviews textbook supplement at a time when textbook prices are on the rise.\" (Reference Reviews 2016)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePramod K. Nayar\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Department of English at the University of Hyderabad, India. His books in postcolonial studies include  \u003ci\u003eFrantz Fanon\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eColonial Voices: The Discourses of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 2012) \u003ci\u003ePostcolonialism: A Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Literature: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2008)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the editor of the 5-volume \u003ci\u003eWomen in Colonial India: Historical Documents and Sources\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). Forthcoming works include \u003ci\u003ePostcolonial Studies: An Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley) and a book on Human Rights and Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Postcolonial Studies Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e provides students with an essential resource for navigating the field of postcolonial theory. Each of the more than 150 entries includes the origins, where traceable, of a key term or concept; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning and theoretical usage; and examples of literary and cultural texts where the term appears. Written by a respected scholar of postcolonialism, the \u003ci\u003eDictionary\u003c\/i\u003e features a short introduction to postcolonial theory and a detailed list of suggested further reading, including the texts in which many of these terms originated.\u003c\/p\u003e Written in clear, jargon-free prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Postcolonial Studies Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e helps students and scholars decode colonial and postcolonial texts.  \u003cp\u003e“Pramod Nayar’s \u003ci\u003eThe Postcolonial Studies Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, with its careful explication of concepts and terms associated with various forms of colonial discourses and postcolonial writing, serves the purpose of being both a ready-reference guide and a scholarly exposition of the theoretical frameworks of the \"discipline\" of postcolonial studies.  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